Republican presidential candidate John McCain's signal that he may be open to a higher payroll tax for Social Security, despite previous vows not to raise taxes of any kind, is drawing sharp rebukes from conservatives.

McCain's shift has come in stages, catching some Republicans by surprise. Speaking with reporters on his campaign bus on July 9, he cited a need to shore up Social Security. "I cannot tell you what I would do, except to put everything on the table," he said.

He went a step farther Sunday on ABC's "This Week,"

"There is nothing that's off the table. I have my positions, and I'll articulate them. But nothing's off the table," McCain said. "I don't want tax increases. But that doesn't mean that anything is off the table."

8:04 pm July 29, 2008

Barack Obama = Politics As Usual wrote:

What happened to the post-partisan Barack Obama? $500 billion budget deficits is not the kind of change voters have in mind.

8:08 pm July 29, 2008

Wiel wrote:

Obama "walked away with his arm around House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California." How touching! She said “Thank you, Senator Obama. Yes we can.” I am crying, because my country has fallen out from their radar. There is no hope for us now. Obama forgot all about his change, especially his change in Washington, DC. This Clintonite disease has overtaken the Democrat run Congress and we, the taxpayers are going under.

8:18 pm July 29, 2008

Adolf War Criminal Bush wrote:

Sorry, Moron Cons, that $500 Billion Budget Deficit is from my Big Government Spending and Tax Cuts for my Rich Friends and Big Business Corporations, actually with the $170 Billion extra for my Illegal Invasions, the Budget Deficit will be around $670 Billion. Thanks for voting for me. You are all equally Guilty as am I for all the Rapes, War Crimes, Murders, Dead Americans and Atrocities we have committed for the past 7.5 years. Good thing we are Christians, we are all going to Eternal Hell. Enjoy. Vote for the next War Criminal Killer, Old McWar.

8:19 pm July 29, 2008

Adolf WarCriminal Bush wrote:

Sorry, Moron Cons, that $500 Billion Budget Deficit is from my Big Government Spending and Tax Cuts for my Rich Friends and Big Business Corporations, actually with the $170 Billion extra for my Illegal Invasions, the Budget Deficit will be around $670 Billion. Thanks for voting for me. You are all equally Guilty as am I for all the Rapes, War Crimes, Murders, Dead Americans and Atrocities we have committed for the past 7.5 years. Good thing we are Christians, we are all going to Eternal Hell. Enjoy. Vote for the next War Criminal Killer, Old McWar.

8:22 pm July 29, 2008

Barack Obama Needs An Ego Check wrote:

Obama said he was a "symbol of the possibility of America returning to our best traditions."

8:23 pm July 29, 2008

Terrorist George wrote:

I love Deficit Spending and sticking it to the future generations to pay it off. We Rich Turds get to enjoy all the money now.

8:26 pm July 29, 2008

Old McHigherTaxes=Tax, Borrow & Spend wrote:

I am a good Retardicon, I lie and the Moron Cons all believe me, I will have my way once I am in power, I want Big Government and Big Military so I can kill more. I love to kill.

8:31 pm July 29, 2008

Nancy Pelosi wrote:

Yes we can. It is 8:30, Barak. Help Michelle set the table for dinner so my husband and children can eat. Then I want you to help Michelle make dessert. Remember to polish my boots and press my suit for tomorrow. Don't forget to put another coat of polish on my limousine and have breakfast ready for my children tomorrow. Yes, we can.

8:34 pm July 29, 2008

Congress Spending Money It Does Not Have wrote:

"Sorry, Moron Cons, that $500 Billion Budget Deficit is from my Big Government Spending and Tax Cuts for my Rich Friends and Big Business Corporations"
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The budget deficit for fiscal year 2007 (beginning in October 2006) was $162 billion. What happened in the past two years to cause it to balloon to nearly $500 billion for fiscal year 2009?

8:41 pm July 29, 2008

Obama '08 wrote:

I have many friends in Germany who attended his rally. They say we are fortunate to have someone like hime willing to be our leader, our guide. Obama is selfless, that is why he is infinetly more qualified than McWar. I will vote for him, and so many of my friends on Facebook will support him too.

8:42 pm July 29, 2008

Not Congress, the Killer in Chief wrote:

Ask your Killer in Chief Idiot Leader, the same Moron said his Illegal Wars would only cost $50 Billion maximum. Your Big Government Moron Con War Criminal has conned all you Born Again Idiots.

He will also con you Moron Cons. He will raise taxes because of huge budget deficits from Big Government Born Again Killer in Chief War Criminal Terrorist uncontrolled spending and unchecked stupidity. You Fascist Moron Cons are all Idiots, Rapists, Murderers, War Criminals and Terrorists. You are no different from the Nazis and the Islamic Idiots.

8:53 pm July 29, 2008

Thanks for Reading wrote:

It must be working, snagged another Moron Con.

9:03 pm July 29, 2008

Grow Up Liberals wrote:

Liberals are amazingly moronic. They follow Obama with the same glass-eyed stare as millions followed another unqualified political leader: Adolph Hitler. Just listen to some of the non-WSJ subscribers like the "McCLame, McBaloney" dwarf who lives in Mommy's basement.

9:17 pm July 29, 2008

Old McKiller's Girly Cons wrote:

My leader is the Old Fart CancerFace Killer McWarCriminal. I love Wars. I love my Coward Bomber War Criminal leaders. I love to drop bombs on innocent women and children. I love Guns, I want every Girly Con, woman and child to carry a concealed weapon, I want Guns in every school locker and every kid's backpack, I want to read about a Killing in a Church and School every week, I am Born Again Faith Based Pro Life and I want to kill more people, I want more Wars. Let's kill more just like our great leader Adolf War Criminal Bush and Old Fart CancerFace McKiller.

9:39 pm July 29, 2008

Barack Hussein Obama wrote:

Yes, Missus Nancee, I be drivin. Yo' suitcase- Yous needs any help wi'dat?

9:44 pm July 29, 2008

Old McKiller's Girly Cons wrote:

I love Obama with all my heart !!!,a man can love another man.

9:52 pm July 29, 2008

Anonymous wrote:

Talking about John Kerry? I always kind of thought Tereza could be a drag queen.

10:02 pm July 29, 2008

BKS wrote:

It's true, I love another man, too. Well, two other men.

10:04 pm July 29, 2008

Girly Cons wrote:

I want Old Fart McKiller, he loves Guns, just like us Girly Cons, we are all just Cowards with Guns and Bombs. We are Christians that why we love to Kill.

10:07 pm July 29, 2008

OldGlory wrote:

Can we all get a-freaking-long?

10:10 pm July 29, 2008

lobster wrote:

Garry Kasparov is the leader of the human-rights movement in Russia. He wrote "Obama Should Stand Up to Russia's Regime" at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121728831357691467.html .
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In his eloquent essay, he stated, "In short, the candidate of change sounds like he would perpetuate the destructive double standards of the current administration."
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In other words, the leader of the human-rights movement in Russia
has condemned Barack Hussein Obama.

10:43 pm July 29, 2008

TA wrote:

Grow up everyone!

11:41 pm July 29, 2008

VJM wrote:

They love him now, but will they love him in November if his poll numbers "TANK"

Can you imagine having a president of the United States whose children aren't allowed to have Christmas or Birthday gifts? Obama's children aren't allowed. Isn't that a Christian tradition? What about turning the lights on the Christmas tree at the White House.

2:01 am July 30, 2008

Rush wrote:

The government should give everyone Guns. Anyone that disagrees with you, just shoot them dead. This is best Christian Republicon tradition we have. Killings in Churches and Schools are the best. Killing is so fun. Vote for Old McWar. He loves killing more than God.

2:07 am July 30, 2008

Sean Hannity wrote:

Birthday gifts is a Christian tradition? It is thought the large-scale celebration of birthdays in Europe began with the non-Christian cult of Mithras, which originated in Persia (Iran). I thought we hate Iranians. I guess you believe in Santa, the Easter Bunny, Superman, Spiderman and Batman and the Book of Fairy Tales. Old McWarCriminal loves the Birthday Suit tradition with his extramartial lovers.

2:22 am July 30, 2008

cliff jones wrote:

Yea, Nancy Pelosi says she wants to save the planet and Barack Obama thinks hes superman. I guess they both have a big S on their suits that they wear underneath. So much for your comic book characters. Oh by the way, try to explain your version of how Christmas gift giving started to the people who go to church every Sunday. Good luck with that.

3:24 am July 30, 2008

cliff jones wrote:

Oh and another thing since you brought up the Easter bunny. Do Muslims take the Easter weekend off? Just wondering.

7:21 am July 30, 2008

Scared and Lonely wrote:

If you thought Obama's pastor was out there, wait until we meet his Imam.

8:19 am July 30, 2008

Please use your savvy wrote:

I am not an Obama-follower at all, and shudders if I read on the blog about"Obama willing to lead, to guide" He is not willing to lead, he will kill for it, he is super-ambitious about it, he fights dirty to win! And no human being is equiped to Guide, he is not a GURU, he is a politician, who must SERVE, my dear! I trust no person to lead and guide me, I am to cynical about the hitlers and Stalins etc of this world. I can think for myself, thank you. Some things Obama says are true, it also appears in a lot of literature and is not NEW, just TRUE. Some of the things Obama says, are very FALSE.Beware, and think for yourself, that way you can keep Obama on the right track.And I also do not believe in Christmast or Birthday presents.It must be about the occasion, and not measured with gifts.

9:02 am July 30, 2008

Todd, the Sofa King wrote:

Savvy,
Please do not blaspheme the redeemer, the chosen one. He, and only he, can give us salvation from the dark years of Boosh/Satan - Cheney/Mephisto.
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...and the Land of Lincoln brought forth a savior, and his name was Obama. And when his policies were scorned by the Pharisees, he said to his followers, "listen to them not, for they follow not the way, and don't you be asking too many questions either."
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"Blessed are they who do not see, yet believe."

9:15 am July 30, 2008

expatriot wrote:

Sucky, sucky.
Just give us some of that money you got cause our other Democratic sources don't have none.
Came to the meeting with question marks and left with dollar signs in their eyes.

9:21 am July 30, 2008

expatriot wrote:

And He said the deficit could be narrowed by stopping the Iraq war:
We'll get oil from off-shore rigs before there's any fiscal benefit of ending a military engagement in Iraq.

10:58 am July 30, 2008

Double Tap Expert wrote:

It concerns and appalls me that BHO has begun to believe his own messianic hype. The Washington Post, no scion of the right, reported that he said in his meeting with the Dem do nothing congress (BTW - whose approval ratings are lower than W’s) “I have become a symbol of the possibility of America returning to our best traditions.” He is starting to remind me of the character Martin Sheen (who no doubt loves BHO) played in “The Dead Zone”, an unknown congressman was running for president. As a centrist republican, I can see where those who are left of center believe that W is arrogant, but by the same token why don’t they speak out against BHO’s arrogance. Does the BHO kool aid have some kind of speech inhibitor?

11:07 am July 30, 2008

Todd, the Sofa King wrote:

Double Tap, I've already been over this - DO NOT BLASPHEME THE OBAMESSIAH!
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Fie on thee, a pox on both your houses! You will be cast into the pit of despair.
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Contemplate this . . . on the Tree of Woe.

11:14 am July 30, 2008

Double Tap Expert wrote:

A classic line from the first Conan movie. Perhaps BHO can star in the remake.

11:29 am July 30, 2008

Gina wrote:

So, the democratic mutual admiration society, i.e. his highness, Barack Hussein Obama and his democratic cronies met behind closed doors ... and, then upon leaving the meeting, graced us with glowing reviews of Obama's humility and his inevitability to win in November. Then, for the umpteenth time, Obama told us how his 6 countries in 9 days photo op, proved how he is now a qualified expert in foreign policy. Then, he refused to acknowledge that the surge worked. Yes ... I would call Obama a presumptuous arrogant empty suit, who is being packaged and agressively marketed to the American people. What a grand deception. I urge all Americans ... if you really love this country, and you don't want to see it turn into a third world country ... make sure you ... and everyone you know, vote for S

11:32 am July 30, 2008

appalledanddismayed wrote:

So why is it that when a white politician hobknobs with the political hoi polloi, its seen as confident or astute, but when an African American does it, it's arrogant?? Throughout my participation in these blogs I've read detractor after detractor bemoan Obama's "arrogance". When he was in Europe someone remarked that he was even walking with more of a "swagger". Then we later learned he had injured his hip and had to go to the doctor for it. So even a stiff legged gait becomes fodder for Obama's alleged hubris. Let's face it. No one that thinks they should be President is a shrinking violet. Obama may be trying to convince some undecided voters that he will do just fine on the world stage. In other words, "look the part". Stories of motorcades and streets being blocked may belie a more serious situation-that security for Obama has to be a nightmare. I have talked to successful African American males in business. They all say the same thing. That if they act confidently in the conduct of their affairs, they are many times perceived as arrogant. Could this be what’s going on with Obama?

11:42 am July 30, 2008

AZgrammy wrote:

Quote Rodney King,
Can we all get along?
Our National deficit is beyond comprehension for the average person.
We are all AMERICANS first!

11:50 am July 30, 2008

Todd, the Sofa King wrote:

Rather, Obama said he was a “symbol of the possibility of America returning to our best traditions.” Lawmakers gave that remark a standing ovation.
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Arrogant: having or displaying a sense of overbearing self-worth or self-importance
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You be the judge.

11:58 am July 30, 2008

Anonymous wrote:

How come Obama always says something insulting or elitist whenever he's behind closed doors and thinks the public won't hear? It's because these moments not in public view are when Obama is his true self. Anyway, I just hope he doesn't break his arm patting himself on the back.

12:03 pm July 30, 2008

appalledanddismayed wrote:

How about the unique nature of his background and ethnicity being a symbol that a great nation will ultimately consider the "content of ones character" rather than the "color of ones skin" in selecting its top leader. Why is pointing out the obvious considered arrogant? These same sentiments would be true if Obama was Latino or a woman. Maybe there is some embarrassment on some people's part that with respect to the Presidency that there has been a singular nature to the past selections. That Obama points out that the country has a chance to break away from that flaw isn't arrogant, its true.

12:10 pm July 30, 2008

AZgrammy wrote:

Good point appalledanddismayed ! - when a white politician hob-knobs with the political hoi polloi, its seen as confident or astute, but when an African American does it, it’s arrogant?
There is still so much bigotry in America...
Registered as a Republican my whole adult life, as an older white woman, I now support Barack Obama for President!

12:10 pm July 30, 2008

Todd, the Sofa King wrote:

This has to be the crowning point of A&D's mindlessness: pointing to Obama's ethnicity and background as proof that we're judging him by the content of his character. That, my friends, is rich.

12:12 pm July 30, 2008

Don't Be A Lemming wrote:

The Demobureaucrats have had the House since 2006. They’ve had many “moments” which their approval ratings would suggest they’ve squandered. Most appalling was that horrible Henry Waxman holding hearings on MLB (who cares!!) while being part of the clique to push putting off a vote on the Patriot Act. They are all a bunch of do nothings.

12:14 pm July 30, 2008

CBL wrote:

The last time we elected an empty suit was when we voted for Little Georgie Boy. His strings were pulled by the paranoid neo-cons who, it turns out, forgot that there are other folks living in America besides the upper class.

Whoever is pulling Obama's strings makes him look like he's dancing, instead of knee-jerking, goose-stepping and sieg heiling to the behests of special interest groups.

If he is indeed an empty suit, perhaps he will be naively open to allowing the interests of ordinary Americans to manipulate a string or two. If so, we can probably teach him to tango.

12:15 pm July 30, 2008

Todd, the Sofa King, channeling IowaHawk wrote:

A Message to American Voters – Part I
By Senator Barack Obama (D-IL)
My Fellow Americans:
You may have read recent news reports that suggest I have modified my position regarding on Iraq. Unfortunately, these reports have been the source of much confusion. Let me be crystal clear: if elected president, my first act will be to call for the immediate withdrawal of all American troops from Iraq. I want to reassure my supporters that my recent statement backtracking from it was just something my staff came up with to tack to the center for the general election. However, you should know by now that whatever I may say from now until November, once elected I will immediately pull the rug from these gullible pro-war rubes.

12:16 pm July 30, 2008

Anonymous wrote:

A Message to American Voters – Part II
By Senator Barack Obama (D-IL)
Or will I? As is obvious to all but the most deluded HuffPo retard, the surge in Iraq has produced dramatic improvements in security throughout Iraq, and the roots of a stable pro-American democracy. We have the terrorists on the run, and it would obviously be crazy for us to pull our troops from the region just as we are on the verge of victory. And it is equally obvious that everything I said in the previous paragraph was designed to placate the naive hipster moonbats I brilliantly exploited to destroy the Clintons. Let's face it: at the rate I'm heading right on national security, I'll be raining nukes on Tehran by February.

12:17 pm July 30, 2008

Todd, the Sofa King, channeling IowaHawk wrote:

A Message to American Voters – Part III
By Senator Barack Obama (D-IL)
See what I mean? That previous paragraph should be a signal to all of you in the progressive community just how committed I am to an immediate troop withdrawal. If that's the kind of shameless bellicose jingoism it takes to temporarily fool the neocons and extra-chromosome Jebus tards, I will do it. But deep in your heart you know my real goal: to end this war, and atone to the world for the 28 nightmare years of Reagan-Bush-Clinton-Bush fascism.

12:17 pm July 30, 2008

Azora wrote:

As a Black American, I cannot understand why so many white people feel so negative toward Sen. Obama. He's played by all the rules yet he's accused of having an enlarge ego and if he were white he would be coined a great achiever a go getter. It is time for white Americans to put asiade your prejudices twoard Sen. Obama and think about the restoration of this country to regain it's status as leader of the free world and stop your politics of fear!

12:18 pm July 30, 2008

Todd, the Sofa King, channeling IowaHawk wrote:

A Message to American Voters – Part IV
By Senator Barack Obama (D-IL)
And that there is exactly the kind of transparent commie crap left wing lunatics eat up. It's unfortunate that I had to do it, but just look at all of the comsymps and pinkos I've thrown under the bus - Jeremiah Wright, Michael Pfleger, Samantha Power, Jim Johnson, the list goes on. And you know what? I enjoyed it. Ask yourself this: when was the last time John McCain stabbed a lefty in the back? Then ask yourself: who's the real conservative in this race?
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This should make it clear to the broad moderate middle mainstream of independent American voters that I am willing to reach out to both sides of the contentious war debate. Together, we can build a new era of hope, and bring an end to politics of cynicism.

12:19 pm July 30, 2008

Todd, the Sofa King wrote:

Azora, if Obama were conservative, I'd vote for him. How's that?

12:21 pm July 30, 2008

Anonymous wrote:

It's arrogant because he said it himself. If others say it that's totally different. The Washington Post today noted that he has informed his staff to begin prepping for the campaigns transition from Chicago to the White House. I guess the election already happened. When did I miss it?

12:23 pm July 30, 2008

Anonymous wrote:

And for the record...I almost jumped on the Obama bandwagon, but after I looked into it more I realized that he did not agree with a lot of the issues that are important to me.

12:30 pm July 30, 2008

appalledanddismayed wrote:

I only point out that in the many years that I have observed Presidential elections, that I don't recall any candidate being referred to as "arrogant". With patricians like JFK and the Bush's, senate heavyweights like LBJ and Goldwater, even Dutch Reagan grabbing the mike during the Republican debates in 1980 and announcing that he had paid for the time, I have never heard the word tossed around with regards to any of the candidate. Even when Jimmy Carter announced that he would "whip his a$$" when told of a challenge from Ted Kennedy, did I hear the term "arrogant". Yet Obama talks about the historic nature of his candidacy and thats "arrogant". Obama limps with a basketball injury and that's "arrogant". Methinks something else is going on here.

12:32 pm July 30, 2008

Comsymp wrote:

All you degenerate losers who think Obama is a liberal must be suffering from terminal brain damage.
Obama is a capitalist tool, in the back pocket of greedy pig corporate America just like McCain and Bush.
Obama is not a commie bedwetter like some of you think. He's a running dog for imperialistic business and the fat cats, just like McCain is!
Ralph Nader '08!
Ralph Nader '12!

12:37 pm July 30, 2008

Todd, the Sofa King wrote:

Don't be so modest, A&D. One of the real big points you made was that you could judge someone's character by their ethincity, which should offend everyone on this blog. And maybe the reason you haven't heard other pols called arrogant is because they weren't.
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But keep it up with the racial code word searches. You'll find plenty, I'm sure, since if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

12:43 pm July 30, 2008

Wally wrote:

Azora - The race argument is sooooooo tired and disingenuous. Why is it when a Caucasian person expresses concerns about BHO positions, they are immediately branded a racist? Don’t my 1st amendment rights apply, or are they only for black rap stars singing about killing cops and debasing women? All this approach does is silence debate and serves to further drive concerns about BHO’s willingness to have his positions questioned and reinforces the view that he has given himself demigod status. Moreover, how can I take any charge of racism seriously from a culture that refuses to stop using the horrible N word on each other? Don’t you see that it is free recruiting for idiots with white sheets on their head? Start listening to Bill Cosby and not Al Sharpton.

Senator Obama I have a constitutional and Senate ethics question for you: If Senator Ted Stevens even just thought is home value gains were kept as debts on contractors books isn't such increase in value still less than your Hyde Park property's increase by Rezco keeping your side yard on his books? Does any Democrat stand a chance still in November?

1:09 pm July 30, 2008

Todd, the Sofa King wrote:

Yeah, Double-Tap, but you miss A&D's point - "the unique nature of his background and ethnicity" (talk about code words!) is the reason he must be elected, in order to show that we don't consider skin color, or, I guess, background or ethnicity important when selecting a president. A callow, disingenous politician? No problem. It's his symbolic ethnicity that's critical. A leftist whose economic policies resemble warmed-ever Marxism? No big deal. That's his background, I guess. A man who claims to be a "citizen of the world" to be placed in a position to protect American citizens? Natch! A guy who think we should address "root causes" and a "lack of empathy" are caused 9-11? Of course!
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I mean, what are you, racist or something?

1:11 pm July 30, 2008

Todd, the Sofa King wrote:

Sorry, last sentence on first para of 1:09 post should read: "A guy who thinks "root causes" and "lack of empathy" caused 9-11? Of course."

Sofa King regrets the error.

1:16 pm July 30, 2008

Double Tap Expert wrote:

Did he really say that “root causes” and “lack of empathy” caused 9-11? If yes, UFB.

1:26 pm July 30, 2008

appalledanddismayed wrote:

DTE- I wager that 99.9% of Islamic worshipers are peace loving people. I also wager that some place that there are Christians that are just as homicidal as the Jihadists that you speak of. Weren't the Serbs basically Christians and didn't they try to achieve ethnic cleansing of Muslims. Throughout recorded history, terrorist acts have been undertaken by all of the major religions. Calling Islam a "mental illness" because of the acts of a relative small number of its practitioners is something I and probably Obama find counterproductive.

1:31 pm July 30, 2008

Todd, the Sofa King wrote:

Double Tap - here's Obama re 9-11:
"We must also engage, however, in the more difficult task of understanding the sources of such madness. The essence of this tragedy, it seems to me, derives from a fundamental absence of empathy on the part of the attackers: an inability to imagine, or connect with, the humanity and suffering of others. Such a failure of empathy, such numbness to the pain of a child or the desperation of a parent, is not innate; nor, history tells us, is it unique to a particular culture, religion, or ethnicity. It may find expression in a particular brand of violence, and may be channeled by particular demagogues or fanatics. Most often, though, it grows out of a climate of poverty and ignorance, helplessness and despair."
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You tell me.

1:38 pm July 30, 2008

Bugs Bunny wrote:

With Ted Stevens on his way out of the Senate, we won't be able to watch him pick his nose on C-SPAN anymore while other senators are speaking.

1:41 pm July 30, 2008

Todd, the Sofa King wrote:

Right, A&D, Christians are just as bad as Muslims. There's really no difference. Here's a good test that you can take to prove your point: Publish something saying derogatory things about Jesus, Mary, adn Joseph. Go into a Christian church try handing them out. Now do the same thing, but with Islam - like some cartoons of Muhammed with a bomb in his turban, or saying that Muhammad was a false prophet. In a mosque. In Riyadh. Or Amsterdam. Keep cool, though - don't lose your head over it!

1:43 pm July 30, 2008

Double Tap Expert wrote:

A&D - Throughout the ages, many Christians and Jews have killed in the name of their religions. However, the Sharia laws now enforced by Muslims on other Muslims (and eventually on everyone they would hope) speak to a vision of the world that is so backward that it has to be called out for what it is…a mental illness. Further, Islam, in many countries where it is practiced around the world stands for patent intolerance. Even in Turkey, a secular state, I am not allowed to bring a bible into the country. Yet we are obliged to give all those idiots at Gitmo bibles and teach our kids about Islam in public schools? Your 99.9% figure is way high given the lack of broader condemnation of 9/11. BTW, what makes you think I care what you and BHO think?

1:44 pm July 30, 2008

Sean Hannity wrote:

All these Democrats are terrorists they are even more dangerous than Bin Lidan and Iran. They want to take away your freedoms and let the terrorists attack us.

I want McCain inside me

1:45 pm July 30, 2008

Double Tap Expert wrote:

Correction - I meant to say korans and not bibles to the idiots at Gitmo.

1:53 pm July 30, 2008

Todd, the Sofa King wrote:

A&D, if you had bothered to study the history of Islam, you'd already know what Double Tap is telling you. Methinks if you'd listen more often, maybe learn a thing or two.
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How's that for condescension, A&D-style? But I forget, you're an expert on everything, so I'm sure a great understanding of koranic scholarship can be found in your bag of tricks somewhere. Don't disappoint me!

1:57 pm July 30, 2008

appalledanddismayed wrote:

My point (since you are making such a hash of expressing my point) is that Obama was only pointing out the historic nature of his candidacy. I made no point that he should be elected because of it but that it was not "arrogant" to do so. The quotes I referenced were from M.L. King.
And you still haven't answered my question on why the confident actions of white politicians are regarded as just that while if Obama does exactly the same thing its "arrogant". Bill Clinton was a Rhodes Scholar and was regarded as intelligent if not brilliant. Obama is a magna cum laude graduate of an Ivy league school and President of the Harvard Law Review and is regarded as an "empty suit", "presumptuous", and "arrogant". Reagan was less experienced internationally than Obama yet I don't recall anyone calling him an empty “suit”. We can debate policy all day long. But this “arrogance” argument has its roots in something else. And it’s not race baiting to point it out.

1:58 pm July 30, 2008

Sean Hannity wrote:

Double Tap you silly boy!

2:05 pm July 30, 2008

Double Tap Expert wrote:

Hannity - Given the lack of any cogent argument, I picture you as an unemployed anarchist who has nothing better to do with his time. Perhaps you should go and volunteer for BO campaign to keep yourself busy. Do you have an opinion on the current topic, or not?

2:11 pm July 30, 2008

Alan Combs wrote:

What! Did someone say that I was a surogate for Barack Obama? Can't you see how skinny I am? Do I look pregnant? Bob Beckles on the other hand looks like he is carring Obama's twins. He told me that one could observe Christmas and the other could observe Ramadan.

2:15 pm July 30, 2008

appalledanddismayed wrote:

There wasn't universal condemnation of 9/11 by all so called Christian nations. And even of those that publicly stated it, some privately believed we had gotten what we deserved. I'm not a student of Koranic teachings but I have observed or read enough about how Christianity was proselytized that what you say may be true. The operative phrase is that forcibly proselytizing a religious belief is nothing new. The point is that it is no longer sufficient to label whole groups by the actions of a few. That's one of the reasons why we're involved in this Iraq lunacy and that it has cost 4000 lives and a trillion dollars. These nuances were lost on Bush and apparently lost on McCain.

2:30 pm July 30, 2008

Double Tap Expert wrote:

A&D - Now we are on to the key issue. You state “some privately believed we had gotten what we deserved” when it comes to 9/11. To make such a statement, which your earlier ramblings indicate you agree with, without immediately stating that such a view is offensive is near nigh traitorous. What did we do to deserve it? Did the Clinton administration do something for us to deserve the first WTC attack or the Cole attack? No. We did nothing to deserve it and all those who would privately think so are no more friends of ours than Al Qaeda, yet they will call 911 to us when they need someone to kick butt. Frankly, I prefer dealing with AQ than folks like you and these nefarious “allies” of ours. At least AQ make their intentions clear. Appalling.

2:49 pm July 30, 2008

appalledanddismayed wrote:

It's interesting that relating a viewpoint can be construed as "agreeing" with it. Things would certainly be easier if everybody thought they way we thought. But they don't. Here's a flash. Some countries think that we are arrogant. They think that the use of 25% of the worlds oil supplies by 3% of its people is arrogant. But WE think its our God given right. Who's right? I don't know. But to not acknowledge that they have point (about the oil lest I be misquoted) is shortsighted.
And that whole macho thing you got going on is really costing us. The projection of American power is bankrupting the country. We can no longer afford to be the big bully on the block. If we had just taken on Al Qaeda, then we wouldn't be having this conversation. But we overreached and now we are.

3:07 pm July 30, 2008

Double Tap Expert wrote:

A&D - Yes, it is interesting just as it would be when I might relate that some people are offended by gay marriage, and you would call me a homophobe or if I related that some people are opposed to Zionism and you would call me anti-Semitic. A bully you say? Were we a bully when we liberated Kuwait or the ended the Balkan conflict (what - you think the others could have done it without us?). Admit it, you would hate W, period, no matter what. If he didn’t do anything with Saddam this time, and Saddam gave some WMD to a bad guy who used it on a friend of ours, you and everyone else would have been calling for W’s head then too. If you can be honest on this point, I will stand down and vote for BO.

3:18 pm July 30, 2008

Todd, the Sofa King wrote:

Double-Tap, you're now in what we refer to as the "A&D quagmire" - How could you think A&D agrees with them just because he tries to make their arguments for them? America, not the Soviet Union was the big bully - free America, not medieval jihadists, is the bad guy, who's asking for it. And it wouldn't be complete without A&D's favorite tactic: changing the subject. World oil usage? How did that get here? But don't worry - you're not going crazy. It's him. A ridiculous, light-minded, crayon-eating pseudo-intellectual that will excuse ANY behavior as long as it's supports his self-loathing, blame-America-first worldview. And he can't understand why you don't feel the same way. My guess is he got picked on a lot in school.

3:33 pm July 30, 2008

Double Tap Expert wrote:

Clearly. The "macho" comment was a giveaway. If he only knew that I give my Vietnamese wife foot massages, perhaps he wouldn’t call me macho, or a racist.

3:42 pm July 30, 2008

Todd, the Sofa King wrote:

Don't count on it. He, like his sainted candidate, doesn't have the good sense to admit when he's wrong. Of course, if he did, it would be a constant exercise.

3:47 pm July 30, 2008

appalledanddismayed wrote:

I voted for W. So I don't hate him. But he has been a huge disappointment. The whole Neocon nightmare and ensuing bill for it is what I hate. The idea that we can spend a trillion defending someone else's democracy while if we spend on our own folks its welfare is a bit incongruent for my tastes. I watch a lot of history channel. When you look at Alexander, Rome, the Ottoman Empire, etc they all have one thing in common. They eventually overreached. I had no quarrel with liberating Kuwait for obvious reasons. Going back was a huge mistake. We overreached. We have lots of problems here at home. We can no longer galavant around without the cooperation of other players. And in deference to the sofa king, a little introspection never hurt anybody. The big difference here is that I believe its time for someone like Obama. More introspective. More circumspect. Maybe you think that if it were 10 years from now, Obama might be worthy. But now you are willing to turn the car keys over to McCain. I think McCain is hopelessly out of touch. His reliance on the myth that tax cuts pay for themselves and general economic naivete plus his old school reliance on a stretched thin military as a tool diplomacy is dangerous at this moment. Frankly, I think we need somebody smarter. Obviously you disagree. But contrary to Todd’s rantings, my opinions have nothing to do with some sort of self destructive urge. Rather it is what I think America needs.

4:01 pm July 30, 2008

Carl K wrote:

Obama said he was a symbol of the possibility of America returning to our best traditions. He who has had his head burried in, for the last 20 years in Black Liberation Theology, anti-white,anti-America(propaganda) based on marxism.This is what he "symbolizes". Barack Obama, the great deceiver.

4:25 pm July 30, 2008

Todd, the Sofa King wrote:

Double-T,
I'm predicting the next A&D broadside, which will be along the lines of "even if we won, it wasn't worth it." This argument usually takes the form of "we never should've been there" or "let's spend a trillion dollars on healthcare." Apparently, A&D believes the taking the risk of an American city ending up as a smoldering, radioactive hulk is worth it, as long as the dead had "free" health insurance.

5:06 pm July 30, 2008

Double Tap Expert wrote:

I'm surprised that he and that other neoleftist Sterling haven't picked up the pace. It's all drivel wrapped in self loathing which makes it hard not to loath everything else, including your own country.

5:53 pm July 30, 2008

Todd, the Sofa King wrote:

Double-T,
I've stopped trying to teach the dogs to sing - wastes time and annoys the dogs. But it is fun to watch them get wrapped around the axle when you call them out. And, of course, the inevitable beclowning that follows is always a good time.
*
I guess A&D's moved on - I'm movin' on, too. Good luck.

6:23 pm July 30, 2008

Mark T wrote:

Pelosi(House) and Reed(Senate)don't want to vote on the president perposal for off-shore drilling, which 72% of the American people want now. Pelosi & Reed are stalling to their vacation starts Friday, and they don't their Obama to have to vote AGAINST drilling off-shore, against the will of the people, it would'nt look good. I hope the president call for an emergency session in August, and force them to a vote. What happen to country comes FIRST.

6:41 pm July 30, 2008

Gail wrote:

Why can't we have off-shore drilling, now. Congress, House, stop playing games, and do your job, move on with it. What are you waiting for, China, to fine oil off OUR shores,then SELL it back to us.The majority of the American people want it.Lissen to the voters voice.

7:45 pm July 30, 2008

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